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How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may be familiar in the kitchen, but they do not exist anywhere in nature—and they are all the same species of plant. The Brassica is a very large and diverse family of plants, with...
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What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
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1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2024
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What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2024
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What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
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What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
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Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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History Today Feed
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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Flashbak
Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
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The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
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Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
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TheCollector
Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
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Flashbak
How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
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“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
TheCollector
Picasso to Lead Emily Fisher Landau’s Collection at Sotheby’s
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Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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Free French Bombers Over France
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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TheCollector
10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Flashbak
The Yule Goat: Photographs of Finland’s Nuuttipukki (1928)
“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s...
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
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History Today Feed
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
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This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
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TheCollector
Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the...
a year ago
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
Classical Wisdom
Three Cabins Left
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
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Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
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The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
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a year ago
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
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Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of...
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“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of times, they weren’t that happy about it. I went to three or four Lollapalooza concerts with my camera when they were there – I busted into things not to supervise them but to take...
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”?
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Classical Wisdom
How do we know what’s True? How can we decipher what is real among lies?
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
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“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
TheCollector
11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History
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History Today Feed
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
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War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
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TheCollector
Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
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In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
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What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany
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Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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On the Obscenity of Ovid
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& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
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Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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Flashbak
Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and...
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Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago – the only formal training of his career – and until his death lived and photographed almost daily in Chicago for newspapers,...
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5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso: 6 Notes on Friendship and Rivalry
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
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Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
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5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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What Was the Chaco War?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World?
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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What Is Theodicy?
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Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
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Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
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Dreams of Space -...
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So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
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So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
Res Obscura
Centuries of Childhood
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories...
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The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories about it?
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London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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5 Quotes by Locke Explained
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Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
4 months ago
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
TheCollector
Yayoi Kusama Debuts New Infinity Room in Australia Retrospective
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Classical Wisdom
The First Philosopher?
And the Boundless Universe
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And the Boundless Universe
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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TheCollector
What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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African History...
The General History of Africa
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a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
TheCollector
Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
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TheCollector
Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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History Today Feed
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
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TheCollector
American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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History Today Feed
New Year, Old Books
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
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New Year, Old Books
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TheCollector
Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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Classical Wisdom
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Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
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Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
TheCollector
An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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TheCollector
Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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Flashbak
‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres...
a year ago
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
TheCollector
Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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TheCollector
History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Epics Collection
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History Today Feed
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
TheCollector
How Did Socrates Die?
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TheCollector
Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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TheCollector
Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist
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6 Unsolved Murder Mysteries Involving Historical Figures
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5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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Flashbak
Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
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Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
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Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
5 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
TheCollector
6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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TheCollector
Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron...
a year ago
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
TheCollector
Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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Flashbak
The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the...
9 months ago
For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the pointy guitar, the hair, the band, the drive, the tights, the most piercing scream outside a Pee Wee Herman meets Cher Christmas convention. And you also had the hair. In the 1980s …...
TheCollector
Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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History Today Feed
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
History Today Feed
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
Flashbak
26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
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The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
TheCollector
What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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TheCollector
The Roman Question: The Pope vs. the New Nation of Italy
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TheCollector
Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
African History...
a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription...
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Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription that describes a trading expedition to an unspecified region called the land of Punt. Egyptologists had long debated about the location of this mysterious territory before recent...
TheCollector
Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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History Today Feed
How Iran Won the West
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
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How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
TheCollector
5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
6 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
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government in central Africa.
TheCollector
What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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Classical Wisdom
Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
7 months ago
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
TheCollector
5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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TheCollector
Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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TheCollector
U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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